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leaving lenexa
By theBAC
is it time to say goodbye?
is it time to walk away?
i fought and won those battles
i was fighting yesterday
so alone in the house that held me
and the neighborhood around
there is no one left for me here
i scream and it makes no sound
doing the same things repeating
day to day to day
with nothing left to say
adult life is eating my childhood away
with aged lines streaking my face
like the wood grains on window sills
i must escape this place
life fades as time stands still
no one makes me warm
no one holds me close
no one remembers the good times
no one forgets the bad
doing the same things repeating
day to day to day
i will never make a difference
or do anything great
be anyone important
if i stay it will be too late
but i’m so scared to make a change
i have done all i can do here
no more achievements to be made
greatness and glory lie before me
why face the burning sun
when lying in the shade?
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Copyright 2004 Brett Alan Coker
Published on Sunday, February 22, 2004.
Filed under:
"Poetry"
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A former member wrote:
great, i'm going to print it out and hang it on the wall of great writers
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On Monday, February 23, 2004, Mistress Shadow
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wrote:
"why face the burning sun when lying in the shade?"- great ending.~T~
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